The
Texas Collegiate League has had its fair share of success over the
past few years, but reached a new milestone this summer when the
Brazos Valley Bombers were named the top team in the country at the
end of the summer by Perfect Game.

Though
the Bombers had plenty of prospects – nine of the 30 prospects we
detail in these scouting reports – the team as a whole had a nice
balance of prospects and role players.

From
a prospect standpoint, the Bombers were led by rising Texas A&M
righthanded pitcher Parker Ray, lefthanded pitcher Zac Curtis of
Middle Tennessee State and Temple Junior College outfielder Blake
Kopetsky, who parlayed his summer into a scholarship at Texas A&M,
effective for the 2015 college baseball season.

The
Bombers compiled some astonishing numbers this summer. They compiled
an impressive 26-4 record during the first half of the summer, 20-10
mark the second half and a 46-14 overall mark for the summer,
including the TCL championship.

While
what the Bombers accomplished this summer is the headline of the
league, the contributions of catcher Mitchell Nau and first baseman
G.R. Hinsley are worth mentioning. Nau finished the summer with a
batting average of .350, while Hinsley, who is now at Texas A&M
this fall, was an RBI machine with 55 in the TCL.

TOP
30 PROSPECTS1.
PARKER RAY, rhp, Brazos Valley Bombers (Texas A&M/SR in 2014)Ray
has had quite an impressive past 4-5 months on the mound for both the
Aggies and Brazos Valley Bombers. Ray wasn't a front-line arm for the
Aggies to begin the college season in 2013. However, his role
progressively got bigger as the season progressed, and he was A&M's
No. 2 starting pitcher by the NCAA postseason. Ray finished the
college season with a 1.73 ERA in 67 2/3 innings of work. He only
increased his stock this summer by shining in the Texas Collegiate
League, tallying a 1.69 ERA in 48 innings, along with 49 strikeouts
and 14 walks. From a stuff standpoint, the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder,
isn't necessarily a flamethrower, but does sit 88-91 with his
fastball with a legitimate four-pitch mix. Ray, who's very advanced
from a mental standpoint, will throw his pitches in any count, and
those pitches include a 12-to-6 curveball, slider and a changeup –
the change being his best secondary offering. Ray's changeup sits
anywhere from 78-80 and typically travels on the same plane as his
fastball, making it a very deceptive pitch for opposing hitters. Ray
wasn't drafted in the 2013 MLB draft, but certainly has increased his
stock enough this summer to make that change next summer.

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